Pokémon GO: Niantic speaks of 65 million active users and promises new content

Official figures indicate that the number of users of “Pokémon GO“ in the past months again increased. At the same time we were promised new content.

After the extremely successful launch in the summer of last year, the mobile title “Pokémon GO” had to contend with falling numbers of users, particularly in the winter months.

According to unofficial estimates, “Pokémon GO” is said to have brought only five million active users at the end of last year. Numbers that have risen significantly in recent weeks. For example, a recent blog entry from Niantic shows that “Pokémon GO” now has more than 65 million active users.

Pokémon GO: Niantic speaks of 65 million active users and promises new content

In addition, Niantic CEO John Hanke points out that “Pokémon GO” is still at the beginning of its journey, as a large number of new content is being worked on internally. Among other things, there is talk of social gameplay components, which the studio would like to enter in due course.

“We continue to be inspired by the passion of the 65+ million people from around the world who play Pokémon GO every month, we are still at the beginning of the journey, and there will be much more coming in, with the approaching spring in the northern hemisphere The games look forward to new cooperative and social gameplay components that give the coaches new and exciting reasons to enjoy the sunshine, “Hanke said.